Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 171

Inside a damaged spaceship in a rocky area.

"Are you really sure you can trust these people?" Yan Na looked at Luo Shen with a strange expression, shook her head and said, "I think you're wasting your time. You'd be better off using this time to deal with those alien immortals together."

With their combined strength, if they were to attempt an assassination without any justification, even a powerful king would fall into their hands.

After all, one of the two experts with the power of a King-level warrior has mastered teleportation, while the other, although seemingly just an ordinary King-level warrior, can actually fully comprehend the laws of space at any time and step into the Venerable level.

With these two joining forces, and taking advantage of the situation where the enemy is caught off guard, even a super being of the Seven Swords King's caliber would suffer a great loss.

But Luo Shen waved his hand dismissively and said, "I never expected them to be of any help. It's just a matter of mutual exploitation. Even if the two of us can kill our opponents every time we make a move, we can only deal with one alien team, or at most three or five Marquis-level Immortals."

"At most, we encounter about ten alien teams a year, and the total number is less than a hundred."

"Moreover, if the hunting goes too far, not only will it attract super beings from other factions, but ordinary immortals will definitely avoid this area once they get wind of it. It won't be so easy to encounter these alien immortals again."

Listening to Luo Shen's analysis, Yan Na nodded in understanding.

Indeed, Luo Shen is right.

The extraterritorial battlefield is a meat grinder where many powerful figures fight and perish. The temporary retreat in some areas does not affect the outcome of the entire battlefield. After all, which faction does not have a Super King in charge? If a Super King can stoop to ambush an ordinary Immortal, then Super Kings from other factions can do the same.

Therefore, gains and losses in certain areas are not important.

Once a super strong person is discovered in this area, just like when Luo Feng made a name for himself as the Star-Eating Realm Lord in the original novel when he was on the Flame Sacrifice Continent, some ordinary immortals chose to leave, while others chose to unite and fight against him together.

If you can't win, you run away; you seek advantage and avoid harm—this is the characteristic of every living being.

"So that's why you plan to join forces with them, using them as bait to lure powerful alien warriors from other factions over, and then wipe them all out in one fell swoop?" Yan Na asked.

During this period, they did not go out to snipe other alien teams, but instead constantly discussed these matters with the surrounding human teams through the military merit system and the virtual universe system.

Although some human teams felt that it was wishful thinking for Luo Shen, a mere Realm Lord, to achieve what he described, and thus rejected his proposal, many other teams believed that with Yan Na, a Queen, in their ranks, even if they failed, they could maintain their faction's invincibility, and thus chose to join.

In just six months, they have formed an alliance of thirteen teams.

Of course, the vast majority of them are not the strong members of the human race itself, but rather the immortals of other powerful races who use the human race as a springboard to enter the outer battlefield. The strong members of the human race, especially the immortals at the Marquis level, will mostly go to dangerous areas of the level of the main continent of the Flame Sacrifice Continent to hone their skills.

Although the battles in areas like Shattered Rock are even more brutal, they are still just battlefields for ordinary people seeking to become nobles or immortals, and they don't hold much appeal for them.

"Buzzing~"

Before Luo Shen could reply, he suddenly received a call request from another team.

"Lord Zhenjia!"

Zhenjiahou is a disciple of a certain Venerable of the human race. He is quite strong, possessing the combat power of a peak Marquis. His heavy hammer is so powerful that he is not much weaker than an ordinary King. He has made a name for himself in the Shattered Rock area.

Their alliance was largely thanks to the other side's participation.

Otherwise, given Luo Shen's current lack of reputation on the battlefield outside the region, it would be impossible for him to gather so many teams to join.

"Knife Maniac, things seem to be going badly."

Marquis Zhenjia's expression was somewhat serious as he spoke, "I don't know who leaked the news, but the powerful figures from the other three races have also formed alliances to try and contend with us. The demon race, in particular, I've discovered that they've gathered over a hundred Marquis-level Immortals, whose strength far surpasses ours."

"Immortals from the demon royal family have intervened?"

Luo Shen didn't care about this. In fact, the alliance of these alien races was a good thing for him, saving him a lot of time. He was more concerned about whether the immortal members of the demon royal family would join.

Among the demon race, the royal family holds a position equivalent to that of the Golden Horned Beast among the Starry Sky Beasts; each member of the royal family is inherently much stronger than ordinary demons.

Their powerful bodies and higher genetic levels make it easy for them to reach the Marquis level or even the King level. Humans of the same level are hard to beat, since humans are indeed less talented.

But the same applies.

The military merit points gained from killing a member of the demon royal family are ten or even a hundred times that of ordinary demons!

"That's right." Zhenjiahou couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's not just the demon race, the mechanical race has also gone mad for some reason, actually a king-level expert from the mechanical race has joined. Although there aren't many immortal experts in the mechanical race camp, with this mechanical race expert here, I'm afraid we are no match for him."

Both the Machine Race and the Zerg Race are races that rely on sheer numbers to win.

Especially in battles below the Venerable level, the Zerg and the Mechanical Race's Immortals held a significant advantage. After all, not to mention the Mechanical Race's own combat strength, the combined combat power of their mechanical puppet legions was far stronger than many King-level Limit experts.

Ordinary immortals would try to avoid encountering mechanical immortals.

"The demon race, the mechanical race." Luo Shen raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping over Yan Na almost unconsciously before quickly returning to normal. He asked, "How's the situation with the insectoid race?"

Zhenjiahou's gaze also followed Luo Shen's movements.

His gaze fell on Yan Na, and he was taken aback for a moment before quickly looking away. He stammered, "I haven't heard much about any Immortal experts from the Zerg themselves descending. However, they have formed an alliance under the command of several Zerg experts, and their strength is not to be underestimated."

"Right now, the four factions are divided and eyeing each other covetously. If a fight breaks out, even if we manage to swallow any one of them, we might become prey for the stronger factions. I don't recommend making a move at this time."

Zhenjiahou's judgment was correct.

Although it's unclear how the information leaked, given the current situation, the human camp is definitely at a disadvantage if a real fight breaks out, as the strength of each side is relatively balanced. In fact, if it weren't for Yan Na and Luo Shen, who are "filler" and hiding in the shadows, the human camp might not be a match for the other camps.

This is not because the human faction is weaker.

The main reason is that the people who formed this alliance are Zhenjiahou and Luo Shen. Even if other powerful kings know about the situation here, they will not join rashly without informing the two of them.

Moreover, many powerful human kings are currently wandering within the Star Tower and would not appear in areas like the Shattered Rock.

Therefore, the human side does indeed appear weaker.

"rest assured."

Luo Shen reassured them, "You only need to lure those alien races to the floating domain, and you don't need to worry about the rest. King Nanga and I will handle it together. It's not difficult; just run faster than your opponents."

He doesn't want Zhenjiahou to back down now, otherwise this idle camp will definitely collapse.

He was also hoping that the other side could attract the immortals from other factions.

"That's over four hundred immortals, the vast majority of whom are Marquis-level immortals. With so many immortals joining forces, let alone if you're still a World Lord, even if you're at the limit of King-level, you wouldn't dare say you could survive against these four hundred immortals."

King Zhenjia frowned and said.

The adage "many ants can kill an elephant" holds true in battlefields beyond our borders.

Just like Luo Feng's Zerg army, although they haven't reached the Immortal level yet, the combined power of tens of millions of Zerg Kings is hundreds or thousands of times greater than the peak combat power of a King!

Luo Shen didn't rush to defend himself, but pointed at Yan Na and said, "If you don't believe me, don't you believe the King of Nanjia?"

Seeing that Marquis Zhenjia was still hesitant, Luo Shen pressed his advantage, saying, "Marquis Zhenjia, this is the wealth of hundreds of immortals. Even if you only obtain one-tenth of it, it will still be an immense fortune! With this wealth, and relying on your connections, becoming a king will be just around the corner!"

No one can resist such a great temptation.

Even though Marquis Zhenjia knew the risks involved and understood that things were definitely not as easy as Luo Shen said, he still couldn't help but be tempted. What if he succeeded? He had been stuck at the peak of the Marquis level for a long time and was only a step away from the King level. If he continued to grow step by step, who knows when he would be able to step into the King level.

He didn't want to wait any longer!

"Alright, let's do it!" Zhenjiahou gritted his teeth.

"Then let's proceed according to the original plan." Luo Shen pressed on while the iron was hot. "Now that those alien immortals have not yet established a firm foothold, it is the right time to make our move. Otherwise, once they figure things out, it will be difficult for us to lure them all out."

Zhenjiahou nodded and said, "Don't worry, I've already shown your plan to all the brothers. When it comes to being disgusting, this is absolutely in a class of its own!"

Luo Shen chuckled.

This plan, called "luring the snake out of its hole," was written by Luo Shen after he had this idea. Its purpose was to provoke the rage of the immortals in the various factions, to make them so angry that they would be driven mad and unable to contain themselves, and then accidentally expose their whereabouts, ultimately being surrounded by them in the floating domain.

When all the immortals gather in the floating domain, that will be the time for Luo Shen and Yan Na to make their move and reap the rewards!

The Floating Domain is an extremely famous area within the Shattered Rock Region. It contains a large number of star core fragments from the original super-large planet, so this area has extremely strong gravity. Even if a Marquis-level Immortal burns their divine power, it would be difficult to reach sub-light speed in a very short time.

Therefore, there are two ways to move quickly within this area.

One type is teleportation.

Even in the outer battlefields, only a few powerful individuals, who have reached an extremely high level of understanding of the fundamental laws of space, are able to unleash the secret technique of teleportation. Like Luo Feng in the original story, he had to spend 100 million Chaos Units each time to invite an ally who could teleport to help him.

One hundred million Chaos Units is an extremely large fortune for the vast majority of those who have attained the rank of Marquis and Immortal.

Even a powerful Marquis like Hu Yanbo, the Lord of Meteorite Star, with eight Immortal servants under his command, one of whom was also a Marquis, only accumulated wealth of tens of millions of Chaos Units over more than 60 million years, and all of it was spent on Meteorite Star's spaceships and the Moyun Vine's auxiliary combat life forms.

Therefore, there is almost no one who is truly willing to spend 100 million Hunyuan units to achieve the title of Marquis and Immortality!

The second option is to enter the spatial turbulence layer.

After a divine body reaches the immortal level, the level of life genes is greatly enhanced. The privilege that only a very few world lord powerhouses could physically traverse the void can now be displayed in every immortal.

While the gravity of the floating domain is strong, it cannot completely affect the spatial turbulence layer. Although it still has some influence, this negative effect can be eliminated as long as one flies out of this area within the spatial turbulence layer.

The only downside is that the turbulent space layer is dangerous.

Even those who have achieved the title of Immortal King will encounter dangers in the turbulent spatial layers far from the original universe, especially those terrifying spatial fragments. If they collide head-on with them, their entire divine body will completely disintegrate.

Therefore, for Luo Shen, the floating domain was the best place to take action.

First, he can teleport, allowing him to quickly attack a large number of immortals. Second, both he and Yan Na are extremely powerful, capable of killing a large number of alien immortals in a short period of time. Furthermore, even if most of them choose to enter the spatial turbulence layer, Luo Shen, with the Wu-killing wings, can catch up with them in a very short time!

In the following period, Luo Shen was able to receive messages from Zhenjiahou from time to time.

Under their ruthless methods, the alien immortals truly had nowhere to vent their accumulated anger, and their battles became even more frenzied when they encountered other alien races.

These people, however, left without a trace after accomplishing their task and never reappeared.

The alien races from the three major factions were furious. Under the organization of their respective leaders, they began to search for traces of human powerhouses throughout the entire Shattered Rock Region. However, thanks to Luo Shen's early warning, the alien races from the three major factions could not find anyone at all.

When the anger of the three major factions of alien immortals was almost at its peak, Zhenjiahou began to intentionally or unintentionally organize small teams to appear and then lead them to the floating domain.

The enraged alien immortals could naturally see through Zhenjia Hou's petty tricks.

However, for them, with so many immortals joining forces, even if the immortals in the human camp had some kind of conspiracy, they were no match for them. Therefore, they were not worried about any so-called conspiracies and tricks, and headed directly towards the floating domain in a grand manner.

Just then, Luo Shen and Yan Na also secretly set off on their spaceship.

This was a great battle destined to be recorded in the annals of battlefields beyond our borders!

(End of this chapter)